This was the home of A.W. and Amanda Patterson. A.W. Patterson was a pioneer Lane County doctor and surveyor who plotted a greater part of Eugene, and in 1853 he was also a member of the Oregon Legislature and was instrumental in establishing the University of Oregon. Amanda Patterson came across the Great Plains in the first wagon train of 1843. Their daughter, Ida, was a Eugene school principal. In the 1950's and 1960's, the house was used by a fraternity and was popularized in the late 1970's by the film "Animal House."